8-letter words containing p, e, d, i
- per diem — by the day; for each day.
- periderm — Botany. the cork-producing tissue of stems together with the cork layers and other tissues derived from it.
- peridial — of or pertaining to the peridium
- peridium — the outer enveloping coat of the fruit body in many fungi.
- perigord — a division of the former province of Guienne, in SW France.
- periodic — of or derived from a periodic acid.
- periodid — kind of iodide
- perished — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- peroxide — Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen.
- perseids — the heavy meteor showers visible annually about Aug. 12: they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus
- petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
- petdingo — (tool) An Estelle to C++ translator.
- pezizoid — having the same shape or characteristics of the cup-like fungi that belong to the genus Peziza
- pheidias — Phidias
- phelloid — having a resemblance to cork
- phleboid — pertaining to or resembling a vein.
- picketed — a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- picrated — containing picrate
- pie dish — a shallow dish that you cook pies in
- pie-eyed — drunk; intoxicated.
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- piedmont — a plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
- piedness — the condition or quality of being pied, for example in an animal
- pierhead — the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
- pierides — the Muses
- piershed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- pig lead — lead molded in pigs.
- pileated — crested.
- pillaged — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- pillared — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- pillhead — a person who habitually takes pills, especially amphetamines or barbiturates.
- pin feed — sprocket feed
- pin-eyed — (of flowers, esp primulas) having the stigma in the mouth of the corolla, on the end of a long style with the stamens lower in the tube
- pine end — the gable or gable end of a building
- pineland — Often, pinelands. an area or region covered largely with pine forest: He longed for the pinelands of his home state.
- pinewood — the wood of a pine.
- pinioned — the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.
- pinkened — to grow or turn pink.
- pinniped — belonging to the Pinnipedia, a suborder of carnivores with limbs adapted to an aquatic life, including the seals and walruses.
- pisshead — a drunkard
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- pleading — the act of a person who pleads.
- pledging — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- pleiades — any of the Pleiades.
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- plumiped — a bird with feathered feet
- podetium — (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- polypide — a visible digestive system and muscles
- poolside — the lounging area around a swimming pool.